diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/builder-binjar.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/builder-binjar.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index a954c49aa3f..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/builder-binjar.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-mkdir -p $out/jars
-cp $src $out/jars/$jarname.jar
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index ba594023842..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-tar zxvf $src
-
-cd abc-*
-
-for p in $patches; do
-  echo "applying patch $p"
-  patch -p1 < $p
-done
-
-cat > ant.settings <<EOF
-polyglot.loc=$polyglot/jars/polyglot.jar
-polyglot.cupclasses.loc=$polyglot/jars/java_cup.jar
-jflex.loc=
-soot.loc=$soot/jars/soot.jar
-jasmin.loc=$jasmin/jars/jasmin.jar
-xact.loc=$xact/jars/xact.jar
-paddle.loc=$paddle/jars/paddle.jar
-jedd.runtime.jar=$jedd/jars/jedd.runtime.jar
-javabdd.jar=$javabdd/jars/javabdd.jar
-EOF
-
-$apacheAnt/bin/ant jars
-
-mkdir -p $out/jars
-
-cp lib/abc.jar $out/jars
-cp lib/abc-runtime.jar $out/jars
-cp lib/abc-testing.jar $out/jars
-cp lib/abc-complete.jar $out/jars
-
-# Create the executable abc script
-mkdir -p $out/bin
-cat > $out/bin/abc <<EOF
-#! $SHELL -e
-
-exec $jre/bin/java -classpath $out/jars/abc-complete.jar -Xmx256M -Dabc.home=$out/jars abc.main.Main \$@
-EOF
-chmod +x $out/bin/abc
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1340e8b5c1a..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, javaCup, jre, apacheAnt}:
-
-let
-  soot =
-    import ./soot {
-      inherit stdenv fetchurl apacheAnt polyglot jasmin;
-    };
-
-  jasmin =
-    import ./jasmin {
-      inherit stdenv fetchurl apacheAnt javaCup;
-    };
-
-  polyglot =
-    import ./polyglot {
-      inherit stdenv fetchurl apacheAnt;
-    };
-
-  jedd =
-    stdenv.mkDerivation {
-      name = "jedd-runtime-snapshot";
-      jarname = "jedd.runtime";
-      builder = ./builder-binjar.sh;
-      src = fetchurl {
-        url = http://abc.comlab.ox.ac.uk/dists/1.2.0/files/lib/jedd-runtime-snapshot.jar;
-        md5 = "595c5ac2f6384f4c34f1854891b5e422";
-      };
-    };
-
-  javabdd =
-    stdenv.mkDerivation {
-      name = "javabdd-0.6";
-      jarname = "javabdd";
-      builder = ./builder-binjar.sh;
-      src = fetchurl {
-        url = http://abc.comlab.ox.ac.uk/dists/1.2.0/files/lib/javabdd_0.6.jar;
-        md5 = "6e0246e891b7431f4e7265b5b1471307";
-      };
-    };
-
-  paddle =
-    stdenv.mkDerivation {
-      name = "paddle-snapshot";
-      jarname = "paddle";
-      builder = ./builder-binjar.sh;
-      src = fetchurl {
-        url = http://abc.comlab.ox.ac.uk/dists/1.2.0/files/lib/paddle-snapshot.jar;
-        md5 = "a8e032310137945124a2850cd8cfc277";
-      };
-    };
-
-  xact =
-    stdenv.mkDerivation {
-      name = "xact-complete-1.0-1";
-      jarname = "xact";
-      builder = ./builder-binjar.sh;
-      src = fetchurl {
-        url = http://abc.comlab.ox.ac.uk/dists/1.2.0/files/lib/xact-complete-1.0-1.jar;
-        md5 = "9810ad8762101ea691a895f0a6b7a5c3";
-      };
-    };
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "abc-1.2.0";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://abc.comlab.ox.ac.uk/dists/1.2.0/files/abc-1.2.0-src.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "aef9e8eac860f904f2a841e18770dc47";
-  };
-
-  inherit apacheAnt polyglot soot javaCup xact jasmin jre javabdd paddle jedd;
-  patches = [];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "The AspectBench Compiler for AspectJ";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/jasmin/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/jasmin/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 81b150b9527..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/jasmin/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-tar zxvf $src
-cd jasmin-*
-
-sed -e 's/<javac/<javac source="1.4"/' build.xml > build-tmp.xml
-mv build-tmp.xml build.xml
-
-cat > ant.settings <<EOF
-java_cup.jar=$javaCup
-
-# Location in which to generate Jasmin release tarballs
-release.loc=lib
-
-# Version of Jasmin for tagging tarballs
-jasmin.version=foo
-
-build.compiler=javac1.4
-EOF
-
-ant jasmin-jar
-
-mkdir -p $out/jars/
-mv lib/jasminclasses-foo.jar $out/jars/jasmin.jar
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/jasmin/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/jasmin/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c93e5893a5..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/jasmin/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, apacheAnt, javaCup}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "jasmin-dev-20060422015512";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://abc.comlab.ox.ac.uk/dists/1.2.0/files/jasmin-dev-20060422015512.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "0e49e532b4658c959582c5d5b5e28bf1";
-  };
-
-  inherit javaCup;
-  buildInputs = [apacheAnt];
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/polyglot/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/polyglot/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index babae49ae55..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/polyglot/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-tar zxvf $src
-cd polyglot-*
-
-ant polyglot-jar
-ant cup
-
-mkdir -p $out/jars/
-mv lib/java_cup.jar $out/jars/
-mv lib/polyglot*.jar $out/jars/
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/polyglot/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/polyglot/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 99ca28d0455..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/polyglot/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, apacheAnt}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "polyglot-dev-20060422015512";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://abc.comlab.ox.ac.uk/dists/1.2.0/files/polyglot-dev-20060422015512.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "6972fe537b4edd41872ed1cf24d24b50";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [apacheAnt];
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/soot/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/soot/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index adc27161e4e..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/soot/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-tar zxvf $src
-cd soot-*
-
-export NIX_ANT_OPTS="$ANT_OPTS -Xmx200m"
-
-cat > ant.settings <<EOF
-polyglot.jar=$polyglot/jars/polyglot.jar
-jasmin.jar=$jasmin/jars/jasmin.jar
-soot.version=foo
-release.loc=lib
-javaapi.url=http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/
-EOF
-
-ant classesjar
-
-mkdir -p $out/jars/
-mv lib/sootclasses-foo.jar $out/jars/soot.jar
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/soot/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/soot/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 818d2bde624..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/abc/soot/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, apacheAnt, polyglot, jasmin}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "soot-dev-20060422015512";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://abc.comlab.ox.ac.uk/dists/1.2.0/files/soot-dev-20060422015512.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "20dae3e31215b7ec88e3ff32a107d713";
-  };
-
-  inherit polyglot jasmin;
-  buildInputs = [apacheAnt];
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fa49a691215..f1c2ab9cc5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4449,8 +4449,6 @@ in
 
   ### DEVELOPMENT / COMPILERS
 
-  abc = callPackage ../development/compilers/abc/default.nix { };
-
   aldor = callPackage ../development/compilers/aldor { };
 
   aliceml = callPackage ../development/compilers/aliceml { };